It’s called the definite article, and we use it to talk about specific things —.. What part of speech is the word “the,” and how do you use it in a sentence?

The meaning of the is —used as a function word to indicate that a following noun or noun equivalent is definite or has been previously specified by context or by circumstance.. We use the definite article in front of a noun when we believe the listener/reader knows exactly what we are referring to: